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An Inventor in the Garden of Eden

Popular Science
By: Eric R Laithwaite
289 pages, 65 ills, 15 photos, 8 graphs
An Inventor in the Garden of Eden
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  • An Inventor in the Garden of Eden ISBN: 9780521441063 Hardback Sep 1994 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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About this book

So many of our most clever inventions have been anticipated by Nature, often by millions of years. Through humour, anecdote and science, the author allows us to share in his enthusiasm as he takes us on a journey through the natural world. Subjects covered include the way in which the sizes and shapes of animals and machines have been largely dictated by the size and weight of the Earth and by the properties of materials. This book should appeal to scientists and non-scientists alike.

Contents

1. Gardens of Eden; 2. The human thinker; 3. Human laws and the rules of God; 4. Size is everything; 5. Our assessment of ourselves; 6. Topology - the master discipline; 7. Growth and decay; 8. Nature - master technologist; 9. Into the complex.

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Popular Science
By: Eric R Laithwaite
289 pages, 65 ills, 15 photos, 8 graphs
Media reviews
' ... a very personal book, unclassifiable, unscholarly, but unfailingly interesting.' Times Higher Education Supplement
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